Biden rallies suburban MO Democrats

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - Democrat vice presidential candidate Joe Biden made a last-minute pitch for swing-state Missouri on Monday, vowing that he and Barack Obama would "re-establish the middle class" by focusing on job creation and helping homeowners facing foreclosure.

"For too many families who are working hard, playing by the rules ... people can see it slipping from their grasp," Biden told a crowd of about 1,500 at the Longview Community College Recreation Center south of Kansas City. "We are on the cusp of a new brand of leadership."

On the eve of the election, Biden highlighted the nation's financial crisis and said Obama would offer a three-month moratorium for homeowners facing foreclosure. He also jabbed Republican Sen. John McCain, saying there was "literally not one fundamental economic difference between John McCain and George Bush."

He later repeated a sarcastic barb about the Republican ticket of McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.